The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Professor Adetokunbo Fabamwo has been inducted into the prestigious Nigerian Academy of Medicine.
The high-profile event took place on Thursday at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja.
The Nigerian Academy of Medicine is an independent, national resource of excellence and expertise in medical sciences and healthcare. Membership is open to academics and professionals in the Nigerian medical industry, who have distinguished themselves.
Fabamwo was part of the eminent scholars approved for the 2022 induction exercise, which is the second in the history of the Academy.
Since he became the CMD, LASUTH has recorded many firsts in various areas of medical practice and continued to up the ante in the delivery of quality tertiary level healthcare.
Other eminent scholars from LASUTH who were also inducted into the Academy include Prof Demola Olaitan, maxillofacial surgeon and past president of the National Postgraduate Medical College; Prof Idowu Fadeyibi, burns and plastic surgeon; Prof Juwon Adeneye, clinical pharmacologist; and Prof Muyiwa Odusanya, community health physician and Past Provost of the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM).
Fabamwo is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at LASUCOM. He holds an MBChB degree from the University of Ife and Fellowships of the National Postgraduate Medical College, West African College of Surgeons and the International College of Surgeons. For many years, he was the Medical Director of Ayinke House Maternity House within LASUCOM, and the pioneer Director of Clinical Services and Training at the evolution of LASUTH in 2001.
He switched to a full-time academic career at LASUCOM in May 2005 with his appointment as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and was promoted a Professor in October 2013.
Fabamwo has over 80 scientific publications in mainly international peer-reviewed journals. He was Acting Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences of LASUCOM in 2007. In this capacity, he was the university Senate representative on the inaugural Governing Board of LASUTH. He served on the Governing Board of Yaba Psychiatric Hospital representing the Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos branch.
He was Chairman of the Hospitals Management Board Residency Training Committee, and Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Lagos State Maternal and Perinatal Deaths Surveillance Response Programme. He is also a member of the Sub-Saharan Cervical Cancer Working Group, an international scientific research group. He is also the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Institute of Fertility Medicine (which is a public-private IVF venture between LASUTH and the Bridge Clinic).
He is the Co-Editor of the Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, a publication of the Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of LASU Journal of Health Sciences. He is also a Contributing Editor of the Journal of Women’s Health.
In 2021, he was inducted as a Fellow of the equally prestigious Academy of Medicine Specialties in Nigeria.
He is married to Olubunmi, the Chairman of Lagos State Civil Service Commission, and they are blessed with children and grandchildren.
